The librarian"s complete guide to involving parents through children"s literature

The librarian"s complete guide to involving parents through children"s literature by Anthony D. Fredericks Download PDF EPUB FB2

This book's stated purpose is to help librarians encourage parents to take an active role in their children's literacy growth, but it seems to miss the mark as far as its intended use.

The author provides photocopy-ready activity sheets that relate to children's literature : Anthony D. Fredericks. Get this from a library. The librarian's complete guide to involving parents through children's literature: grades K [Anthony D Fredericks] -- Contains reproducible activity pages for children's literature selections, which librarians can send home to parents.

Each activity page contains bibliographic information, a summary, discussion. Getting parents to participate in their child's education is easy with these take-home reproducibles. This book provides a single-source guide to selected reading and extension activities for grade levels K Each activity sheet includes a summary of a book, discussion questions, and a list of engaging learning projects for adults and children.

This book is designed to help librarians build a lasting and enthusiastic relationship with parents and to help parents extend the learning opportunities of their children through a literate environment.

The book contains activity pages for children's literature selections, aimed at children in grades K The activity page for each book contains: bibliographic information (title, author Author: Anthony D. Fredericks. Get this from a library. The librarian's complete guide to involving parents through children's literature: grades K [Anthony D Fredericks].

"This attractive and informative addition to the Library and Information Science Text Series provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of children's literature. Designed specifically to teach library science professionals how to select, display, and create engaging activities around children's books, this unique textbook also has far-reaching appeal to anyone interested in learning /5(15).

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If any profession is well qualified to write books then librarians truly fit the bill. Librarians are loyal customers of AbeBooks and we tend to listen when they speak.It is easier to sell a book with a funny aspect to a child who doesn’t want to read a book at all.

At least it will make them laugh. And that is an easy way to get them on to other books.